Viewing topic: Visas for Brits, Irish and Danes

Bobs is back! Woohoo! (Cue topless cheerleaders)

More about the visa run later, but for now an important message from another member who has endless problems logging on to our beloved VR.

"all British citizens MUST apply for Russian visas at the Russian Consulate in London (I suppose the Edinburgh consulate could be used instead). The same visa clerk at the Tallin consulate who issued a visa to me last year refused to do so last week because, and I quote what she told me, the Russian Foreign Ministry has prohibited the issuing of visas to British (and Irish and Danish) citizens by consulates not in the applicant's country of origin. The days when Brits could take short visa runs to the Baltics or other east European countries are over."

(from larryparadine)

I hope to be able to wangle everything such that I get my visa in my second passport while I am sunning myself, er, I mean 'working remotely' in Crimea Everyone should have two passports, folks, it's the way forward

So it seems that I was quite prudent in proceeding directly to London (but, unfortunately, not collecting £200 as I passed GO) to get my visa recently...

In fact, unless cost is an issue, it seems almost as easy to jump on a plane to London as to jump on a plane to Tallinn or elsewhere... Buses and trains?.... Nah!....

The net is tightening, folks.... Unless, of course, you have already found a way around it....

I wonder what our next 'little Russian difficulty' will be...?

Oh! - I almost forgot!!... Welcome back bobs12!!!

There!.. I'm topless - AND cheering.... but I believe (in fact, sincerely hope) that this will not be of interest to you bobs12....

Nope, fortunately that doesn't get any juices flowing whatsoever

Due to a 'fortunate blunder', the invitation papers for my work visa will be made for my new (second) passport, which should allow me to send it off to an agency by courier (cheaper than sending myself) for return delivery to... well, wherever, while I bugger off to Crimea to sun myself with a bevy of topless cheerleaders, er, I mean 'work remotely', thus not forsaking my precious monthly salad. I mean celery. No, salary.

One or two things are fairly certain - one is that I have to return to the good old days of putting a portion of my celery into my UK bank. That's a bummer.

Anyone know a cheap way of transferring cash, other than transporting it in person?